Herbology

"Morning Xuan!" Rein said to him.

Xuan opened his sliding door and then groaned. Still squinting his eyes in sheer sleepiness.

"How are you guys?" Xuan asked.

"We're good!" said Spike.

"Okay let us improve our stamina first. Let's run several laps around the courtyard," Xuan instructed them.

They then started to run at a slow pace. Running for ten laps around the courtyard made them start to sweat. As for their stamina, it was slowly depleted. In turn, their lungs expand, and they have more stamina in future battles.

Ren has difficulty coping with the rest and the others can run steadily without problems. Xuan was also having problems as he didn't have much stamina. He needed to expand his lungs.

With many laps around the courtyard, they went panting. Others suggested resting to take a breather. It was then, that Xuan agreed.

They soon rested and then made push-ups and sit-ups. Every one of them was doing their best in the meantime. It was then, that they soon started to gasp air. Several of them were not training at all since and that made them exhausted immediately. Others want to surrender, especially Ren. He was not trained or practicing at all.

Xuan then let them rest and sparred with each of them. Making their weapon masteries improve in the meantime.

Xuan grabbed a sword this time. They also used the same weapon for their training. The sword was the most basic out of all the weapons. It has a bladed edge and can offense and defense at the same time. They grabbed the wooden swords and then faced each other.

Xuan was overseeing their practice and then gave them pointers. They clashed with each other's weapons and Xuan was walking on the side. Others made great improvements and were excelling from the rest. Especially, Druin and Truin, both excelled in swords.

Ren was only battered in the face and had darkened eyes.

They then continued their practice and then sparred some more. Xuan then let them rest for a moment and they drank water. They wiped their sweat and then sat on the side of his room.

With their progress, they would slowly gain stat points while they exercise.

They were panting but Xuan grabbed weights and put them onto them. They were perplexed and felt the weight. It was heavy!

"Xuan! What is the meaning of this?" Druin asked with a confused face. He still can't believe that Xuan put them the weights.

"Hey, Xuan! Are you killing us? This is too much!" Ren shouted.

"Let us do a round of exercise then spar with unarmed combat," Xuan said to them and then chuckled.

"Ugh! No!" Kniel shouted.

They then ran several laps around the courtyard then did some push-ups and sit-ups. Their faces can't be painted by an artist. Extremely exhausted by such exercises.

"Let's rest guys! We will then train with unarmed combat," Xuan then saw then removed the weights.

"No no no, let us spar using that weight," Xuan said to them as he smirked.

"What?" They all chorused.

"Yep!" Xuan said to them then winked.

They soon gathered and sparred with unarmed combat. With Xuan their enemy.

"Ready, guys? I am only your opponent! Go!" Xuan exclaimed.

They then attacked him and Xuan smirked.

"Guys! Let's do our best!" Rein shouted.

"Hmm!" They nodded.

They then attacked Xuan. They dashed towards him as they launched their attack. Xuan then waited for them to arrive and was just smiling.

Druin did a punch and Xuan grabbed his hands. Rotating towards him then elbowed him in the face.

Bang!

He was struck in the face and he was flung away. Druin then attacked with fast blows and Xuan danced with him. Swiping his fast blows to the side and then, at a moment's notice, he grabbed his hands and slammed him to the ground.

Truin then rotated and kicked him but Xuan dashed towards his center point of balance and then grabbed him. Slamming him to the ground afterward.

Others saw his onslaught on their peers but they were not worried at all. They all attacked without fear in their eyes. Xuan then was attacked on both sides by Ken and Chen.

He evaded both punches and then made a palm strike on their chests. Making the two of them flung from him.

Xuan was attacked by Truin and Ren. The two of them were speedy and they attacked with speed at Xuan. He was deflecting every strike and then making counters toward them.

Their punches were fast but lacked strength. They were soon grabbed by Xuan by the hands and then they tried to pull it off from him. Though they can't pull it off yet. Xuan then smirked.

He pulled their hands and then knee-kicked the two. They were flung immediately.

Xuan then made the offensive now, he was excited to let loose. He dashed toward them and then body-slammed the nearest opponent. It was none other than Ren. He was flung and then rolled to the ground several times. Truin then attacked with a punch as he dashed toward him. Xuan then attacked with speed and grabbed him by the neck. Slamming him to the ground head-first.

Eil attacked and he combined with Xulin as they attacked with Xiao, Han, and, Yi. Combining their attacks to deal with Xuan. He immediately attacked one by one and they were flung from him.

Xuan saw that they were not getting back up. Others lost their will to fight.

"Stand up! I needed you all to remember this. There will be no mercy when you will meet demons. Do you think they will pity you? No! You must fight with every last drop of your strength. Now now, let us rest, we have something to do," Xian said to them then he entered his room.

"We will do some herb gathering and concoct pills!" Xuan said to them.

He arranged his room and then made an alchemy table with several vials of glass bottles. Others looked at him with curiosity.

Xuan then showed them the herbs they needed to fetch in the forest. He fetched a book that had illustrated images as well as their descriptions. It was his book on herbology that he wrote and drew.

"This is the blood herb. It is used for health potions. It is pulsating red and you will immediately know what is it. The other one is the Stamina herb, which has green pulsating leaves and grows beside rivers or brooks. The last one was the mana herb, which has a pulsating blue color and was growing near the mana mushrooms. They were absorbing Qi from them," Xuan then flipped the pages then showed them to them. They then saw a new kind of plant that had heart-shaped leaves.

"This is the cultivation herb. This will increase the cultivation speed of an individual and this is your top priority," Ainz said to them with a serious look.

"These herbs were still unknown with their uses in this era as the research materials were lost in the Dark Ages. And so we will revive this knowledge in alchemy and also help humanity survive the great calamity," Xuan then sighed. They didn't know about alchemy and looked at him in a new light.

"There is also another herb that is useful for you guys. It is called a physique-cultivating herb. One pill will make you receive one physique stat. Okay, that's all! We should all have some herb gathering and I will do the alchemy!" Xuan said to them as he closed the book.

"Let's go!" They soon went to the forest to gather herbs for the meantime.